diff --git a/src/benchmarks/network.rs b/src/benchmarks/network.rs
index 8973008..4a7e17d 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/network.rs
+++ b/src/benchmarks/network.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@ pub fn ping_host(address: &str, count: &u16) {
     }
 }
 
+// network jitter test
+pub fn jitter_test(address: &str, count: &u16) {
+    println!("Pinging host {}, {} times to determine network jitter.", address, count);
+
+    // run the ping command
+    let output = process::Command::new("ping")
+        .arg(address)
+        .arg(format!("-c {}", count))
+        .output()
+        .expect("Failed to execute command");
+
+    // check that the command succeeded
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+
+    // grab the ping results from stdout
+    let results_raw = &String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let results = text::format::trim_output(results_raw, 4);
+    for line in results {
+        println!("{}", line);
+    }
+}
+
 // timed file copy test to guage bandwidth speeds
 pub fn bandwidth_test(download: &str, output: &str) {
     println!("Testing network bandwidth by downloading {}.", download);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d79c191..cda1935 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ struct Cli {
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     command: Commands,
 
-    #[clap(short = 'l', long, default_value_t = 1, help = "Number of times to run test. Default = 1", global = true)]
-    loopcount: u8,
+    #[clap(short = 'i', long, default_value_t = 1, help = "Number of times to run test. Default = 1", global = true)]
+    iterations: u8,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ enum NetCommands {
         count: u16,
     },
 
+    // jitter subcommand
+    #[clap(name = "jitter", about = "Ping a host to determine network jitter.")]
+    Jitter {
+        #[clap(short = 'a', long, default_value_t = String::from("8.8.8.8"))]
+        address: String,
+        #[clap(short = 'c', long, default_value_t = 30)]
+        count: u16,
+    },
+
     // bandwidth test subcommand
     #[clap(name = "bandwidth", about = "Downloads a remote file to determine network bandwidth.")]
     Bandwidth {
@@ -129,25 +138,25 @@ fn main() {
 
         Commands::Disk(args) => match &args.disk_commands {
             DiskCommands::ReadSeqTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_read_seq_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
             },
             DiskCommands::ReadRandTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_read_rand_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
             },
             DiskCommands::WriteSeqTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_write_seq_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
             },
             DiskCommands::WriteRandTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_write_rand_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
@@ -156,13 +165,19 @@ fn main() {
 
         Commands::Net(args) => match &args.net_commands {
             NetCommands::Ping { address, count } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::network::ping_host(address, count);
                 }
             },
+            NetCommands::Jitter { address, count } => {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
+                    println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
+                    benchmarks::network::jitter_test(address, count);
+                }
+            },
             NetCommands::Bandwidth { download, output } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::network::bandwidth_test(download, output);
                 }